The number of cats that you have is; 27 cats
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Let the number of cats alice has be x.
Since you have thrice the amount of cats that alice has, then you have 3x cats.
Bob has 7 less cats than you. Thus, bob has; 3x - 7
If they have a total of 56 cats, then;
x + 3x - 7 + 3x = 56
7x - 7 = 56
7x = 56 + 7
7x = 63
x = 63/7
x = 9
Thus, number of cats you have = 3x = 3 * 9 = 27 cats
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